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Three people have been reported dead at Santa Maria after a pay loader carrying a caterpillar with registration number GT 857 ran into a storey building. Two of the deceased, the driver of the pay loader and an eight-year-old girl who was at the bar to purchase some khebab from the khebab seller, were reported to have died yesterday morning at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The khebab seller, 25-year-old Abochie Paul, died at the scene of the accident. The Sowutuom police station, which confirmed the death of the three persons, said their outfit received the sad news yesterday morning. They stressed that the case is still under investigation by the Odorkor Motor Traffic and Transport Unit of the police service. The two who died later allegedly remained in very critical condition till the time they passed away. A police source said the pay loader carrying the caterpillar was over speeding before the accident. The driver reportedly refused to heed to the police when they tried to stop him. According to the police, at the time of the incident they had no vehicle to chase the pay loader when the driver refused to stop when ordered. �Minutes later we heard that the pay loader had crushed into a storey building at Santa Maria killing an innocent khebab seller and injuring several others�. According to Robert Osei, a photographer of By His Grace Photo Studio who visited the scene immediately after the incident, a young hair dresser who had just graduated and was having a drink after a hard day�s work had all her teeth knocked out as a result of the accident. The khebab seller was said to have closed for the day, but upon a request from the little girl he quickly rushed to get some meat to roast when the unfortunate event occurred. According to the police, the khebab seller had an object stuck in his eye and his legs chopped off. The police told Daily Guide that the driver of the said pay loader lost control of his steering, resulting from break failure, when the vehicle got to a curve. The vehicle thus crushed into the storey building which housed several stores, including a drinking bar. When Daily Guide got to the scene on Monday evening, the pay loader had been removed.